Sentences with phrase «game stretch run»

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The Packers have held opposing running backs to just 80 yards per game in that stretch.

The Astros have scored nine runs in five games, which is their lowest total in a five - game stretch this season by two runs, and it's time to explain retroactively what in the world is going on with them.

And it's not like they were slouches in the other months, either; in a single seven - game stretch in July, they scored 73 runs, which is more than the Royals scored in the month of April.

In this 32 - game stretch, Milwaukee has outscored its opponents by more than two runs per game.

The visitors arrive full of confidence as they look to stretch their unbeaten run to 17 games in all competitions, but Arsene Wenger comes up against old foe Jose Mourinho against whom he has struggled in the Premier League.

John Cooper had a strong run in Columbus, winning 10 games five times in a six - year span but losing to the Wolverines four times in that stretch.

The Indians have gone 49 - 33 since that season low point in late - May, good for a.598 winning percentage, and their run differential in that 82 - game stretch is +133.

They got a decent lead in the first half and despite various runs by Team Holzman, it was Team Zimmerman icing the Game with free throws down the stretch.

The offense for Boston has found its legs during the stretch run, averaging 5.24 runs per game since the beginning of August, after 4.66 runs per game during the first four months of the season.

During one stretch against Belgium's Justine Henin and Serbia's Jelena Jankovic — the first and third seeds, respectively — Sharapova ran off 12 straight games.

Outside of their tough five - game stretch, the Warriors essentially have cool runnings for the remainder of the season.

Five straight points from Patrick Patterson, with a three - pointer and a dunk on back - to - back possessions, tied the game, setting us up for a fun stretch run.

Third baseman Ken Caminiti (left) has reverted to his 1996 MVP form, in one stretch hitting a home run in four consecutive games.

A West Coast offense is reliant, in part, on stretching the field horizontally and using the pass as an extension of the run game.

He can catch the short passes and take them the distance, he can stretch the field with the deep ball, there might not be anybody better at going up to catch a jump ball and, unlike some top wideouts, he blocks his ass off in the run game.

There were some concerns this season about his run of games without an assist, which stretched back to the end of last season when he was stuck on one behind the EPL record of our own Thierry Henry, but they have started to flow once more and he bagged another in the comeback win over Ludogorets.

When you realise that West Ham are now unbeaten in a 16 game run stretching back to August, to take a point would look like a good result if it wasn't at such a crucial time of the season.

Actually Kieran Gibbs is also unbeaten in his last 14 games for Arsenal, although that run stretches back into last season.

Lucas Leiva had a starring role in Liverpool's 2 - 0 win over Aston Villa to stretch Brendan Rodgers side's unbeaten run to 8 games.

DeShawn Collins posted his second consecutive 2,000 yard season and is running strong down the stretch with 1,222 yards and 14 TDs in the last five games, including a career - high 372 yards and 5 TDs in a 73 - 35 rout of Davis.

Boston College's stretch - run offensive explosion (36 points per game in the second half of the regular season) still feels too good to be true, and a meeting with the Hawkeyes — traditionally a stylistic kindred spirit — inside a baseball stadium should remind the Eagles of the first - to -14-points thrillers from whence they came.

The team went 38 games without a win, stretching into the following season, which is a run which has been unsurpassed in English football history.

This is the sad reality for Brendan Rodgers and his team, who despite a 13 - game unbeaten run stretching from mid-December until their defeat against Manchester United at the end of last month, could soon find themselves eight points adrift of a Champions League spot.

Yesterday's draw means that we have stretched our unbeaten run to ten games.

Watford tried to get back into the game but Arsenal controlled the game well with Santi and Xhaka running things in the middle, Walcott stretching play with his pace and movement and Ozil producing some silky stuff.

If John Ross isn't stretching a defense, nobody is, and the game comes down to Miles» legs and those of two running backs: semi-efficient freshman Lavon Coleman (4.1 yards per carry, albeit with a decent 36 percent of his carries gaining at least five yards) and all - or - nothing sophomore Dwayne Washington.

The Eagles opened the final period with an 11 - 4 run that stretched their lead to 59 - 54 with 4:02 remaining in the game.

He was Player of the Week in the National League last week, thanks to a six - game stretch batting.455 with five home runs and 13 RBI.

They battled all the way back in the second - half and cut the lead to just 4 points before running out of gas in the last stretch of the Game.

An extended FA Cup run will mean having to play EPL catch up games mid week further stretching our already limited resources.

Several players return from the lineup that got hot down the stretch and produced 71 runs in that final 16 - game run.

Torres has been on a roll during the Raiders» regular season stretch run, averaging 18.3 points per game while scoring in double digits in each of the team's last 10 games.

There hasn't been a goalless draw between the sides since way back in November 1985 — a run stretching back an incredible 28 games.

During the stretch run last year, Jimenez started the final seven games of the regular season and the first three of the playoffs at left back over other, more natural players at the position and performed well.

The apex of this run was a three - game stretch in which Otto: poured in 33 points in a double - figure win at Syracuse; capped a dramatic comeback with a last - second, game - winning lay - up in double - overtime at Connecticut; and broke open an ugly home win over Rutgers with a dominant performance at both ends of the floor.

He made big shots down the stretch of that game but did not run up the floor which resulted in Bogdanovic hitting that 3 from the corner.

A Tony McMahon penalty and strike from Greg Leigh saw Bradford stretch their unbeaten run to seven games with a 2 - 0 victory at Scunthorpe.

If Argentina had a more mobile striker instead of Higuin, who had a terrible game, by stretching Brazil's defense and making runs in the channels, they could have created more space and have better goal scoring chances.

Bacary Sagna almost single - handedly marked Footballer of the Year Eden Hazard out of the game, while Aleksandar Kolarov's overlapping runs past Raheem Sterling caused overload after overload, stretching the Chelsea defence to breaking point.

City travel to West Brom on Saturday looking to end a winless run that has stretched to six games in all competitions.

They stretch their unbeaten run in the league to 40 games and move 12 points clear of second - place Atletico Madrid.

Liverpool though, have now stretched their unbeaten run to twelve games to return to the top four, and The Hard Tackle now runs the rule over Jurgen Klopp's men.

Chelsea stretched their unbeaten Premier League run to seven games with a solid home victory over Rafa Benitez's beleaguered Newcastle United side.

Preston are currently running on an eight - match undefeated stretch of games away from home and they have scored in each of their last four.

The Catalans maintained their unbeaten run in La Liga, stretching it to a club - record 22 games, thanks to Pique's 82nd minute intervention, heading home substitute Lionel Messi's free kick.

On Saturday afternoon, we return to action at Wembley Stadium, connected by EE, for a Premier League clash with Huddersfield Town at 3 pm, looking to extend an unbeaten run that currently stretches to 16 games.

Birmingham are riding on the crest of a form wave at present and boast the best form in the entire league, with Alex McLeish's men unbeaten in their last seven games, a run that stretches back to the end of October.

The club are under new management, with 43 - year - old former Colorado Rapids manager (Major League Soccer) Gary Smith replacing Graham Westley, but that did not stop them from recording a 4 - 2 victory over promotion rivals MK Dons on Tuesday − a result which stretched their unbeaten run to four, having lost the one solitary game since October 8, 2011 (W12 D5 L1).

Last week's 1 - 0 loss at home to Manchester United stretched Villa's barren run in front of goal to three games − a little over six hours in total since their last Premier League goal.

We're also back to two points behind Liverpool with a game in hand and we've stretched our unbeaten run to 13 matches, our second best sequence in the Premier League era.